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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Chatting with friendly locals. You'll find most high school kids are more likely to approach foreigners. I somehow feel that they are 'encouraged' to do so, for good practice, I suppose?They're friendly bunch, nevertheless :)

Part of the excitement traveling in foreign country to me is to learn new language. With vast information in the internet, you don't necessary need to enroll a special class when you have YouTube, phrase books or even KBS in Astro (Malaysian TV satellite subscription).

Help is on the way. We found this 'mobile travel info desk' while roaming in Insadong. As the tag indicate, yes, they speak English :)

Also, you just need to know a few essential words. I believe every travelers must learn a bit or two for these situations;

Greeting people and expression (thank you, sorry, excuse me)

Shopping: Asking for a bargain and the price. For price haggling, I'll just use my phone's calculator and show them the numbers that I want to bargain. All numbers are the same after all.

Direction inquiries or using public transportation.

Food language.

So here's some traveler's essential basic expression:

Important phrases

Meaning (English)

Anyeong haseyo

Hello/G'Morning/G' Night/ G'Afternoon

Anyeoung hee geseyo

Goodbye (when you're leaving)

Anyeoung hee gaseyo

Goodbye (when someone is leaving)

Gamsahamida

Thank you

Yeh

Yes

Aniyo

No

Sillyehamida

Excuse Me

Mi-an-hamnida/Me-anneyo

I'm sorry

[insert location] hangeeyo

To....please.

Yul-mah-yeyo

How much please?

Kah-ka juseyo

Please lower the price

No-moo-bee-sah

It's expensive

Mah-tee-tu-yo

Delicious

Yung-guh-hal-jool-ahseyo

Do you speak English?

Chou-nun-hangung-malchal moteyo

I speak a little Korean

Moh lu get-tuyo

I don't understand

Han

One

Doo

Two

[insert location] o-di-ye-so tayo?

Where can I get...?

I-jjok

This way

Jeo-jjok (jo-jok)

That way

Oeruenjjok (o-ren-jok)

Right

Oenjjok (o-wen-jok)

Left

Some first timers (including me) tend to get confused with Japanese and Korean language cos it sounds almost alike. But if there's one apparent difference is that Japanese has five distinctive vowels (a, e, i, o, u) which Korean tend to have more vowels. Similarities? Just like Japanese, the usage of some words in Korean language/Hangul differs from seniority and casualties among friends. Some phrase might sound "rude" to certain audience, so you might want to double check with someone who knows Korean well.

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